Friday, October 10, 2003

Case Before High Court Centers On Job Rights, Addict's Recovery
Washington Post story on the appeal of a case involving a man who lost his job in 1991 because of drug use was not entitled to the protection of federal anti-discrimination law when he tried to get rehired three years later, saying he had recovered from cocaine and alcohol addiction. A U.S. Court of Appeals held last year that the man was entitled to a jury trial to decide whether the company's refusal to rehire him violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.  
  

Summit explores managing mentally ill (Utah)
Salt Lake Tribune story - "For the first time, many agencies that treat, arrest and prosecute the state's mentally ill gathered Thursday to talk about ways to do their jobs better. The gathering in Salt Lake City thrilled Vicki Cottrell, the executive director of Utah's arm of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and organizer of the NAMI Mental Health/Criminal Justice Summit. ... The summit drew more than two dozen attendees from the Salt Lake City Police Department and the city attorney, the Utah Attorney General's Office, Valley Mental Health, the Department of Corrections, the Salt Lake County Jail, the state's juvenile and criminal courts and advocate groups."